Butte County Biographies
JOSEPH B. MULLEN
Transcribed by: Betty Wilson
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JOSEPH B. MULLEN was born August 31, 1842, in Louisa county, Iowa. He is a son
of Charles W. and Phoebe (Merŕitt) Mullen. When sixteen years of age he crossed
the plains to California, and made his first settlement on the place he now
owns, then the home of his father and brother, who had preceded him to the
state. From here he removed to Santa Clara, and was married in the town of
Santa Clara to Miss Nannie E. Langford, daughter of Pleasant S. and Sarah M.
Langford, on the fifth of October, 1868. Mrs. Mullen was born in Jefferson
county, Iowa, August 1, 1849. Five children have blessed their union: Willie
E., born in Santa Clara, November 17, 1869; Robbie L., born in Concow, October
10, 1871; Charles P., in Concow, September 8, 1873; Maud Rowena, in Concow,
December 1, 1875; and John Oscar, born January 7, 1879. Mr. Mullen is a member
of the I.O.O.F. at Cherokee. He is a strict temperance man, and a member of
Welcome lodge, No. 104, of Good Templars, of which order he is district deputy
for Butte county. His farm consists of 160 acres, handsomely located in Concow
valley, on which he has a hotel that he is making first-class in every respect.
The location of the house is 2,000 feet above the sea level, and offers every
inducement to tourists. A view of it may be seen on another page.
History of Butte County, California: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time -
Vol. II - Harry L. Wells & W. L. Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San Francisco, Cal., 1882.